The Eastern Bloc's Early Space Program
E-Book, Englisch, 321 Seiten, eBook
Reihe: Springer Praxis Books
ISBN: 978-3-319-24163-0
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
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Interkosmos was a highly publicized Russian space program that rapidly became a significant propaganda tool for the Soviet Union in the waning years of communism. Billed as an international “research-cosmonaut” imperative, it was also a high-profile means of displaying solidarity with the nine participating Eastern bloc countries. Those countries contributed pilots who were trained in Moscow for week-long “guest” missions on orbiting Salyut stations. They did a little subsidiary science and were permitted only the most basic mechanical maneuvers.
In this enthralling new book, and following extensive international research, the authors fully explore the background, accomplishments and political legacy of the Interkosmos program. Through personal and often highly revealing interviews with many of the participants they relate the very human story behind this extraordinary but controversial space venture..
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History and Development of the Interkosmos program.- First to fly: Czechoslovakia’s cosmonaut.- From Poland to Salyut-6.- Sigmund Jähn and Soyuz-30.- Bulgaria in space.- Hungary joins the space club. - A Vietnamese cosmonaut. - The Soviet Cuban Salyut mission.- From the steppes of Mongolia. - Romania continues the program.- Beyond Interkosmos. - Soviet-Indian mission. – A Syrian researcher on Mir. – Bulgaria’s second flight. – Afghanistan’s cosmonaut-researcher. – Chr
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tien in space again. – The Interkosmos program. – Appendices. – About the authors. – Index.